El Capitan y September 2014 Issue The Monthly Newsletter of the Yosemite Branch #179 Sons in Retirement non-profit organization for retired men devoted to the promotion of independence and dignity of retirement Visit Our website at www.branch179.sirinc2.org BIG SIR WORDS OF WISDOM Cockadoodle Doo to everyone in SIR #179. SEPTEMBER will be an important month. According to rule 134 we should have had elections in August. However, I can give you a variety of excuses this did not happen. The reason is I got behind in my SIR work and forgot. Thus, we will have elections at our September meeting. Look for the nominating committee report in this newsletter and/or in a special e-mail announcement. Don t forget to invite one of your friends. You should be proud of the job your nominating committee did for you this year. 2015 should be off to a great start with a wonderful slate of officers and board members. Our new adventure of a DATE NIGHT is off and running. Are any of you old enough to remember when you referred to your date as, my squeeze.? Mark the 3 rd Wednesday on your calendar, look for the announcement of the restaurant, get the okay from your significant other, call Manny for a reservation, take your date out for a great evening with fellow SIR#179 guys and gals. Try something new at the September meeting. Before the meeting starts, see if you can identify each person at your table by what they were doing before retirement. Say, Hi Harold, am I correct in saying you were a professional gambler? If you don t like that, try saying, Harold, I am curious, what were you doing for your career prior to retirement? You may be surprised at what you can learn when you ask a SIR, What did you do before you retired? Please take just a few seconds of your time to say hello to new members. Cruise To Hawaii No Flights Round Trip Transfers Aboard The Star Princes 16 Day Round Trip From San Francisco February 27 March 14, 2014 Port Of Call: Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai, Maui & Ensenada. Mexico Call Sir Doug Hansen 222-0497 Sir 179 Date Night! We had six couples meet at Luna s In Clovis for a great evening of dinning and visiting. More members are encouraged to join us on the third Wednesday of each month. We will be meeting at The Shepard s Inn on September 17 at 5:30 pm. Sir Manny Contino is our chairman so please call him at 322-8698 if you and your wife would like to attend as we must have an accurate count for the restaurant. Thank You SEPTEMBER SPEARKER / JIM MALONEY Jim was born right here in Fresno. He played major league baseball as a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in the 60s and the California Angels in 1971. He was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of his era. Jim boasted a fastball clocked at 99 m.p.h., threw 2 no-hitters, and won 10 or more games each year from 1963 2qcdto 1969 and struck out more than 200 batters for 4 consecutive seasons (1963-66)
Welcome New Member Ray Cortez Page 2 Visit Our Website Richard Ewell s Sunshine For June The August Sunshine Items are as follows: Sir Mo Anderson is undergoing Chemotherapy treatments. Sir Dean Rutherford has a rigorous schedule of Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments for cancer. Please keep these SIR's members and other SIR's members with health issues in your prayers and thoughts! DON T MISS LUNCH AT THE RAMADA Sept. 10, Chicken Fried Steak Chicken Teriaki Beauty From The Golf Course Tournament Results August 12, 2014 Four Man 2 Best Ball First Place team received $ 7:00 each for a total of $28.00 with a total team score of 118 Tom Lean Jack Yagura Lloyd Schmidt & Fred Ketchum Second Place Received $ 6.00 each For a total of $18.00 with a total team score of 120 Andy Bender Dean Rutherford & Bo Boehringer Closest to the Pin paid $5.00 each Hole # 4 Lloyd Schmidt at 15 Ft 4 In Hole # 11 Joe Russo at 12 8
Page 3 Golf Tournament Results August 26, At Ridge Creek G.C. 1st Place team with a net of 45.4. Mike Castle & Bo Boehringer Wining $9.00 each Second Place team with a net of 51.1 Mike Castle & Jerry Long Wining $8.00 each Third Place team with a net of 53.6. Dick Nordstrom & Jim Hamilton Wining $7.00 each Closest to thepin paid $12.00 each Hole # 3 Mike Castle at 12 9 Hole # 13 Mike Castle at 1 Inch August Birthday Lunch Winner was Billy Cox The 50/50 drawing was won by James Olsen The wine was won by Rick Atkins & Vern Jansen Billards Every Thursday Yosemitee Falls Restaurant Call Cliff Hawkins for Info : 432-6856 Happy Birthday Guys September Birthdays JOHN DEALY WAYNE GOSS JOHN JOHNSON JOHN LEVIS RICHARD LOPEZ AARON TAYLOR FRANZ WEINSCHENK DAVID HOLMES GILBERT MATOSSIAN RAY EGGEBRAATEN LARRY HOWARD Membership Strut Total Members: 109 Sign Up Now For Sept. Golf Madera C.C. 9/9/14 & Riverbend G.C. 9/23/14 New Tee Times 9:00 am Call Buck Smith 224-9679
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